Short Stories 1 Saturday 5 December 5.30pm

I got infected. Zara Durand. Luxembourg. 2019. 4:41. UK premiere. A girl thinks her dyslexia is a virus. English captions. Also available to watch free here: https://youtu.be/oopFuz1rlVg


In Silence. Lucas Fisher-Horas. UK. 2020. 8:05. Using video, manipulated sound and British Sign Language, In Silence explores the story of Ava, a young Deaf girl struggling with grief and isolation. In British Sign Language with English captions. Also available to watch free here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdN7v1xZTYA


GLANCES. Aleksei Borovikov. USA. 2019. 6:57. UK Premiere. Two strangers lock eyes in a cafe and have to deal with unexpected feelings. English captions. Also available to watch free here: https://youtu.be/u2FMALGj9ZU


Normal. Nicholas Kulesa. US. 2020. 5:15. International Premiere. A day in the life of Norman, an ordinary Deaf guy with some “not so normal” behavior. No Audio. English captions with American Sign Language (ASL). Also available to watch free here: https://youtu.be/MoJ0_pgeK2A


Upside. Jim McMorrow. Northern Ireland. 2020. 17:00. English Premiere. Based on a true story. On his 18th birthday, a young man with Down’s Syndrome seeks to gain independence from his loving but overprotective mother. English with English captions. Also available to watch free here: https://vimeo.com/417616612


Mr Martino. Grant Foxon. UK. 1:13. 2020. A dark comedy about the failing U.K. mental health services. Also available to watch free here: https://youtu.be/GlvM07l6C6s


The Girl. Jared Hargreaves. Australia. 2015. 5:00. A young man with Autism use his musical talent to gain him the confidence to ask a girl he has a crush on to the school dance. Also available to watch free here: https://youtu.be/k9PKy0177hQ


Trigger Warning Homecoming. Ewan Atkinson. UK. 2020. 10:51. UK Premiere. For a young soldier returning home from Iraq, a new war has only just begun, with PTSD.

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